New podcast: De Tekentafel!

Podcast 21: How can design help people who need implants?

In this episode of De Tekentafel, we explore how design can contribute to the well-being of people with implants. Designer Bertrand Burgers, bioethicist Dr Anne-Floor de Kanter, nurse Maartje van Tiel (Groene Hart Hospital), and Bob Sprangers (Medtronic) join the discussion.

Together, they delve into the emotional relationship between patients and their implants and discuss how Bertrand’s interactive design project, Intimate Implant, and its development, A.N.A., provide insights and support in navigating the complex dynamics between humans and technology.

Podcast 20: Area development from different perspectives

How do you collaborate integrally with various stakeholders in an area? And how do you ensure that everyone has a voice in area development—and keeps it?

Together with Femke Coops (Design Researcher), Marcel de Theije (Province of Zeeland), Ziega van den Berk (Designer), and Quirine Winkler (Programme Manager of Maakruimte voor Mooi NL), we discuss diverse perspectives and explore how to create space for the power of design in area development.

Podcast 19: How does design anthropology lead to greater participation and more sustainable design projects?

In the previous episode, we discussed how to involve your target group in the design process. Today, we take it a step further and explore the approach that underpins the projects of Bureau Ruimtekoers: design anthropology.

Bureau Ruimtekoers is an agency for social design and participation, collaborating with a wide range of social artists and designers. Their focus isn’t on one-off projects but on sustainable, long-term initiatives. With design anthropologist Tina Lenz, we delve deeper into this methodology to understand how it fosters participation and leads to impactful, enduring design solutions.

Podcast 18: How do you involve the target group in the design process?

Designers are increasingly being engaged in social and societal challenges because of their ability to ask new questions, use imagination, and develop methods to arrive at innovative solutions. They often achieve this by engaging in genuine conversations and working closely with the people they are designing for.

What tools do they use, and what does that process look like? We discuss this with Sanne Kistemaker from the social design agency Muzus, and Philémonne Jaasma from Cocosmos.

Podcast 17: How do you design for everyone?

A significant portion of the world, including the products and spaces we use, is designed for the Reference Man: a white man, approximately 1.75m tall and weighing around 80 kilograms. Our world has been tailored, tested, and built around him. But what does this mean for the world we live in? And how can we design for different bodies, ensuring that everyone is included?

Karin Fischnaller of Studio The Anderen has developed an installation that visualises guidelines for inclusivity. Séverine Kas, drawing on her background as an architect, process facilitator, and creative driver, as well as her personal experiences, advocates for an inclusive world. Together with designer Wouter Corvers, we explore various projects centred on inclusion.

Podcast 16: How can technology play a role in increasing our empathy for one another?

In the previous episode, we discussed living within our own bubbles. Divisions in society seem to be growing wider. But if we no longer engage in real conversations with each other, how can we work together to find solutions?

Civinc has designed a chat application that enables participants with opposing opinions or perspectives to engage in anonymous, constructive one-on-one discussions. Liesbeth Bonekamp, designer and co-initiator of Bubble Games, developed a VR film that fosters greater empathy between “us and them” groups. Shay Raviv, in her role as creative leader of the Embassy of Inclusive Society, speaks about inclusivity as a process of “learning and unlearning.”

Podcast 15: Why is it crucial to involve the entire chain in tackling major societal challenges and transitions?

In both the food industry and the construction sector, we see existing systems reaching their limits. The shift towards new, sustainable, and fairer systems is vital, but no single actor in the chain can address this alone. How can we use the power of design to reshape current systems and offer new perspectives? And why is it so important to engage the entire chain to achieve real change?

Barbara Vos, creative lead of the Embassy of Food, Lucas De Man, creative lead of the Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building, and Marc Cootjans, Director of Coöperative Rabobank – Eindhoven Region, discuss this in the latest episode.

Podcast 14: Why is seeking friction so important, and how does design help?

Design can play an important role in connecting people, making difficult topics discussable and narrowing gaps in society. We spoke to Joes Janmaat and Manon Barendse of Studio Sociaal Centraal together with Martijn Paulen, strategic director of Dutch Design Foundation about why it is good to sometimes seek out the frictions.

Podcast 13: How does design raise awareness of behaviour on the street? And what can the government learn from it?

In the previous episode, we followed Niels Guns during Studio SMELT’s Straatvonk audio tour. We discuss his experiences and delve deeper into the issue. How can design contribute to awareness, prejudice, privilege and interactions in public space in this way? We also discuss the MakersCollectief, an initiative of the Ministry of Justice and Security, which is also working on interactions in public space, but from a security perspective.

Podcast 12: Special: Studio SMELT's Street Spark audio tour makes you aware of your interactions on the street.

Niels Guns participates in Studio SMELT’s audio tour Street Spark, which makes you aware of your interactions on the street: do you walk around, look at someone or look away? The public space is a gathering place of all kinds of people, with different ideas, characters and emotions. How can you be yourself on the street? And how safe do you feel on the street, and what does or does not contribute to that? The tour gives a glimpse into the world of different people, including those who are just a little different from you.

Podcast 11: What is the importance of design thinking within the government domain?

More and more governments see the importance of collaborating with the creative sector. Indeed, involving the creative industry in major social tasks is part of the current coalition agreement. The beginning is there, but at the same time, there is still a long way to go. What is the importance of design thinking within the government domain? Journalist Niels Guns talks about it with architect, philosopher and author Jetske van Oosten and designer Jonas Martens of Verveeld & Verward. Listen to the latest episode of The Drawing Table here.

Podcast 10: How can design contribute to system change?

A number of man-made systems function in such a way that natural and social systems break down to the point of no return. Consider the depletion of resources, the dichotomy in society and the rat race in the Western world that leads to mental health problems. Imagination is the basis for fundamental changes that are needed. Designer Beatrijs Voorneman (Reframing Studio) and strategic advisor René Poort (Reclassering Nederland) join Niels Guns to discuss how design can contribute to changing these systems.

Podcast 9: What is speculative design and how does it contribute to making new worldviews imaginable?

A DIY surgery robot, an artificial womb or a vending machine that gives you the right personalised cocktail for your microbiome. Designers from all over the world engage in speculative design; each in his or her own way. From purely poetic and philosophical to scientific and critical and everything in between. In this podcast, we speak to three designers engaged in making new futures and possibilities imaginable: Frank Kolkman, Merle Bergers and Marleen van Bergeijk.

Podcast 8: How do you scale up and should that always be the goal?

Although the design sector delivers countless fantastic projects, solutions and concepts every year, the conclusion must be that not enough has happened with many of these. Chloé Rutzerveld explains from her experience as a food futurist and curator of the Embassy of Food why she thinks this is the case. Marcel Verhaaf works from SGK Anthem and Packadore Collective for the big players in the food industry and tells more about how you can make an impact with sustainable packaging. Shay Raviv talks about her new research in which she unravels the practice of implementing and maintaining social design projects. Why do some projects get a follow-up and others not? And what tips does she have for designers?

Podcast 7: How does design contribute to a more resilient society?

To answer that question, we talk to Mieke van Heesewijk of the SIDN Fund. She talks about the HackShield project, which uses storytelling and gamification to increase children’s online resilience. They do this with a game for children in which they turn them into real Junior Cyber Agents. Heroes who not only protect themselves but also their environment from online danger. We also talk to social designer Marjolein Vermeulen about De Nacht Club; a safe place for unsafe subjects. Using the night as a source of inspiration, they organize interventions in public spaces that invite residents and professionals to be more honest, open and daring under the cover of night.

Podcast 6: How can design contribute to a better living environment

In this episode we speak with Lucas Zoutendijk (Studio 1:1) about the experiment Blik voor Groen that is part of the Embassy of Mobility in which cars make way for greenery in the streets. What could we do with this newly found space, and how do you decide this together with the residents? We also talk to Roel Schoenmakers (Cascoland) about the Van Deyssel neighborhood in Amsterdam where neighborhood entrepreneurs are links in the chain of formal and informal care in the neighborhood.

Podcast 5: How does design contribute to more connection?

Design is an important instrument of connection. Connecting with other people and with the world around us sounds rather simple but sometimes turns out to be very difficult in practice. In this episode, we talk to Anna Noyons of (Ink) and Philippe Rol of NulZes about the role of technology, connecting qualitatively, system change and embracing friction.

Podcast 4: How does design raise awareness of social issues?

In the fourth episode of De Tekentafel, we talk to Tabo Goudswaard (Embassy of Safety curator and designer) and Mies Loogman (designer). They explore how design contributes to awareness in social issues, and how to translate this into concrete solutions.

Podcast 3: What are important requirements for a successful collaboration between designers, clients and users, and what is good commissioning?

Together with Esther Jongsma (designer – VANTOT) and Dries van Wagenberg (What if Lab) we try to find out which aspects are of vital importance for a successful project. What are the important issues in such a collaborative process and what does good commissioning look like? Please note, this podcast is in Dutch.

Podcast 2: In design projects, the outcome is still totally unknown in the initial phase. Why is this so important and necessary?

We talk to Karla Niggebrugge (Policy Officer Water – Province of Noord-Brabant) and Jop Japenga (Designer – Afdeling Buitenlandse Zaken) about the field of tension between designers and clients. Clients often expect concrete solutions upfront, while designers cannot and do not want to answer this question in advance. Please note, this podcast is in Dutch.

Podcast 1: What is the power of storytelling and imagination?

To explore this question, we talk to Pascal Leboucq (designer and storyteller), Anne Ligtenberg (designer) and José Sanders (Professor of Narrative Communication – Radboud University Nijmegen). Please note, this podcast is in Dutch. Please note, this podcast is in Dutch.